Chapter Summaries

Huo Lin wrote a short story for the Literature Club and promised to recruit members before Amano graduated. After a successful book signing as Yusaku Kudo, she took Editor Nohara to McDonald's, where her youthful manner left him wondering about her unusual personality.

• Huo Lin wrote a candy-themed story and shared tea with Sugisaki and Amano in the Literature Club room.
• Sugisaki agreed to recruit new members so the Literature Club would survive after Amano graduated.
• Huo Lin completed a book signing as Yusaku Kudo, signing hundreds of copies while Editor Nohara assisted her.
• Huo Lin invited Nohara to lunch and chose McDonald's, where he felt out of place among the students and couples.
• Nohara ate a hamburger and reflected on how Yusaku Kudo seemed far younger and less world-weary than expected.

Fate and Yuno identified a suspicious author as their lead in the search for the source of the Dimensional Oscillation, while Huo Lin completed a new spell based on her infinite magical power. The chapter ended with Huo Lin naming her unique spell system Limited Magic and unveiling its first form, Absolute Domain.

• Yuno showed Fate an advertisement for a book signing by Yusaku Kudo, whom Fate recognized as the mysterious man they had encountered near Nanoha's home.
• Yuno explained that Yusaku Kudo's address and phone number were fake, and Admiral Lindy said they could only investigate him through normal channels.
• Huo Lin completed her research into Magic Shield and discovered that her infinite magical power could create a spacetime membrane that no attack could cross.
• Huo Lin renamed the spell system Limited Magic and declared its first form, Absolute Domain.

Huo Lin investigated Michiko Suga’s report of a stuffed toy flying around her room and learned that the toy had vanished after her window was broken from inside. She suspected the panda might have concealed something valuable and that someone had stolen it, so she began investigating the new shop where Michiko bought it.

• Huo Lin worked on a flight spell for a Device intended for Hayate while avoiding swimming lessons because of her secret identity.
• Hayate told Huo Lin that Michiko had seen her stuffed toy bouncing on the ceiling, and Huo Lin demonstrated that magical power could make a toy float.
• Huo Lin and Hayate visited the Suga residence, where Michiko said her panda toy had disappeared after a window in her room was broken.
• Huo Lin reasoned that the window had been broken from inside and suspected someone had stolen the panda because it concealed something hidden.
• Huo Lin decided to investigate the shop where Michiko had bought the stuffed panda.

Huo Lin discovered that a magical card was making dolls jump around Twin Bells, a new doll shop where Michiko recognized her missing panda plush. Huo Lin captured the card and stored it in the Book of the Night Sky, while Hayate learned they could examine it later.

• Huo Lin, Hayate, and Michiko visited Twin Bells, where Michiko spotted her panda plush with the pink bow she had tied on it.
• The shop owner explained that a previously sold plush had mysteriously returned to the shop before, and she offered Michiko the panda and another doll in hopes of keeping the incident quiet.
• Huo Lin sensed magic in the shop and found a Pink Rabbit emerging from a black-and-white bear as the surrounding dolls began bouncing.
• Huo Lin used Magic Null Zone to suppress the Pink Rabbit, which turned into a card labeled The Jump.
• Huo Lin showed Hayate the card, explained that it needed magic power to use, and put it into the Book of the Night Sky.

After helping Michiko recover her doll, Huo Lin gave Hayate a chance to try the Jump Card, and the pair discovered the card’s power. Sakura Kinomoto tracked the magic to their alley and confronted them, while Kero recognized Huo Lin as a powerful Mage disguised as a boy.

• Michiko recovered her doll and chose a little bear from the shop, then gave Huo Lin the black-and-white teddy bear the owner had offered as an apology gift.
• After leaving the Suga residence, Hayate asked whether she could use magic, and Huo Lin showed her how to activate the Jump Card.
• Sakura Kinomoto followed the Clow Card’s magic from Tomoe Town to an alley near Shinjuku, where she saw Hayate leap high into the air.
• Hayate tested the Jump Card while Huo Lin stopped her from drawing attention, then noticed Sakura and Kero waiting at the alley entrance.
• Kero identified Huo Lin as the person who had captured the Clow Card and revealed that he could see through her disguise magic.

Huo Lin met Sakura Kinomoto and returned The Mist, while Hayate borrowed the Jump Card to study its magic. That night, Huo Lin mastered Barrier magic and tested it, but Hayate had already fallen asleep.

• Huo Lin revealed her disguise to Sakura and introduced herself and Hayate after Sakura recognized their earlier meeting in Shinjuku.
• Sakura explained that the Clow Cards had escaped from her basement and that she was trying to stop them from causing trouble.
• Huo Lin returned The Mist to Sakura, and Sakura recaptured it after it escaped as mist, then wrote her name on the card.
• Sakura agreed that Hayate could borrow the Jump Card for a few days, and she and Huo Lin arranged to meet at the Shinjuku mall the following Saturday.
• Huo Lin mastered Barrier magic before midnight and created a space where Hayate could practice, but Hayate had fallen asleep.

Huo Lin, Hayate, Sakura, and Tomoyo spent the afternoon together, testing Huo Lin’s magical disguise Devices and visiting Tomoyo’s mansion. Sakura explained that she had become a magical girl after scattering the Clow Cards, leaving Huo Lin wondering whether the Cards were the source of Sakura’s magic.

• Huo Lin returned Sakura’s Jump Card, and Tomoyo tried Huo Lin’s voice-changing bow tie but could not use it without magical power.
• Sakura used the bow tie to imitate Toya Kinomoto’s voice, and Toya caught her before she could hide what she was doing.
• Toya thanked Huo Lin for looking after Sakura and corrected Huo Lin’s masculine first-person pronoun before returning to work at the theater.
• Tomoyo invited the group to her mansion, where Sakura tested Huo Lin’s disguise hair clip and copied Huo Lin’s and Tomoyo’s faces.
• After Kero ate Huo Lin’s dessert, Sakura told Huo Lin that she had scattered the Clow Cards three months earlier and gained magic by capturing them.

Huo Lin demonstrated her wardrobe-changing Device, and Tomoyo offered to make outfits for her and Hayate. After Huo Lin made a second Changing Stage for Sakura, Tomoyo finished its first outfit, and Huo Lin tried it on before handing the Device to Sakura.

• Sakura decided not to keep searching for Clow Cards because she believed capturing them was part of their owner's inheritance ritual.
• Huo Lin demonstrated her Changing Stage by changing into a tracksuit, then explained that she also had a school uniform stored in it.
• Tomoyo showed Huo Lin and Hayate her collection of outfits made for Sakura and offered to sew twenty outfits for them in exchange for a Changing Stage for Sakura.
• Tomoyo measured Huo Lin and Hayate, and Huo Lin made Sakura a second Changing Stage over the next three days.
• Tomoyo finished a red-and-white shrine-maiden-inspired outfit, and Huo Lin used the Changing Stage to put it on.
• Huo Lin handed the new Changing Stage to Sakura and invited her to try it.

Sakura used the Changing Stage to transform into Tomoyo’s outfits and chose to handle the scattered Clow Cards herself, while asking Huo Lin for help if she faced a serious threat. Later, Huo Lin met Eriol Hiiragizawa, a British transfer student whose immense magical power and true identity astonished her.

• Sakura transformed into an elaborate outfit with the Changing Stage, and Tomoyo enthusiastically filmed her costume changes.
• Sakura declined Huo Lin’s offer to help capture the Clow Cards unless she encountered one she could not handle, and they exchanged phone numbers.
• Sugisaki told the Literature Club that a British transfer student wanted to join, so Huo Lin arranged an interview.
• Eriol Hiiragizawa appeared at the interview, and Huo Lin recognized him as a mage with extraordinary magical power.
• Clow Reed saw through Eriol Hiiragizawa’s disguise and realized she was a nine-year-old girl with power on par with his own at his peak.

Eriol agreed to devise a countercurse for the Book of the Night Sky in exchange for Huo Lin watching over the Clow Trial and protecting Sakura. He began studying the book beside Huo Lin at school, where Sugisaki’s annoyance at their closeness became apparent.

• Huo Lin showed Eriol the Book of the Night Sky and asked him to lift its Eternal Curse Night curse.
• Eriol agreed to design a countercurse within about a month, but told Huo Lin she would have to carry out the sealing herself.
• Eriol asked Huo Lin to watch over the Clow Trial and protect Sakura, and Huo Lin accepted.
• Huo Lin kept the book with her while Eriol studied it beside her at school.
• Sugisaki challenged Eriol for sitting beside Huo Lin, but Eriol pointed out that he was older than Sugisaki.

Huo Lin joined Sakura and Tomoyo at a museum after Phantom Thief Jeanne announced she would steal a painting containing a Clow Card. As police officers were inexplicably displaced from the painting’s corridor, Huo Lin and the others prepared to intervene.

• Tomoyo told Huo Lin that Phantom Thief Jeanne had sent the museum an advance notice for the painting hiding a Clow Card.
• Huo Lin agreed to meet Sakura and Tomoyo at the museum so Sakura would not face the police or the phantom thief alone.
• Tomoyo dressed Sakura in a black stealth outfit and filmed the operation, while Huo Lin changed into one of Tomoyo’s earlier costumes.
• Inspector Todai-ji and Officer Haruta discovered that the officers guarding the painting had been moved into the courtyard.
• A soundless disturbance moved Todai-ji and Haruta into the courtyard too, leaving the painting’s corridor deserted.

Sakura, Huo Lin, and Tomoyo witnessed Phantom Thief Jeanne attempt to seal a painting, but the Sealing Needle revealed it was not a demon. The painting’s power displaced Jeanne into the garden, where Miyako’s police ambush surrounded her.

• Sakura, Huo Lin, and Tomoyo entered the art museum and spotted Kurumi Kusakabe transforming into Phantom Thief Jeanne.
• Jeanne evaded the officers, reached the painting titled “Smile,” and tried to seal it with the Sealing Needle.
• Fin told Jeanne the painting was not inhabited by a demon, and the woman in the painting moved and sent Jeanne to the garden.
• Miyako activated the searchlights and revealed that she had surrounded Jeanne in the garden.

Huo Lin used The Mist to help Jeanne escape the police and gave Sakura a chance to capture the Clow Card without making a sound. Sakura sealed the card from a distance with The Shadow, and the police discovered that the painting had changed into its true image.

• Huo Lin lent Sakura The Mist and used it to disorient the police surrounding Jeanne.
• Huo Lin pulled Jeanne out of the fog and took her to the rooftop, where Jeanne learned that Huo Lin could fly.
• Sakura used The Shadow to reach through the glass and seal the Clow Card attached to the painting.
• Sakura escaped with the captured card using The Fly while Huo Lin dispelled The Mist.
• Inspector Todouji showed Miyako that the painting now depicted a smiling girl, with the title “Smile” beneath it.

Miyako Todouji argued with her father about why the police were not prioritizing Phantom Thief Jeanne, while Jeanne met Huo Lin, Sakura, and Tomoyo after they helped her escape. Huo Lin examined Jeanne’s power and unexpectedly recreated the Libertor Ball, leaving Jeanne astonished.

• Miyako Todouji resented her father for accepting that the museum would not pursue Jeanne, but Inspector Todouji explained that preventing harm mattered more than earning recognition.
• Kurumi Kusakabe remained transformed as Phantom Thief Jeanne while Sakura, Tomoyo, and Huo Lin questioned her about her powers.
• Huo Lin explained that magic could be studied scientifically and asked Jeanne to demonstrate her power again.
• Jeanne summoned the Libertor Ball and let Huo Lin study its unfamiliar holy-aspect power for five minutes.
• Huo Lin produced an almost identical sphere, and Jeanne recognized it as the Libertor Ball.

Huo Lin agreed to study Kurumi Kusakabe’s power and make her a ribbon weapon, then turned to preparations for the School Festival and briefly worried Sugisaki by suggesting she might transfer schools. She reassured him she had only been joking, leaving Sugisaki relieved about the Literature Club’s future.

• Huo Lin told Kurumi that her power seemed like Mental Magic and offered to make her a weapon after studying it; Kurumi suggested a rhythmic-gymnastics ribbon.
• Huo Lin arranged to meet Kurumi at Takashimaya Department Store in Shinjuku two weeks later to give her the weapon.
• At the Literature Club meeting, Amano proposed a festival event, and Eriol suggested starting a Book Club while Huo Lin dozed.
• Huo Lin considered transferring schools because her male records and female body were causing problems, then joked that Sugisaki would take over the Literature Club.
• Sugisaki panicked when Amano and Eriol mentioned they would graduate or might leave, but Huo Lin admitted she had been joking and reassured him.

The Literature Club settled on running a sushi restaurant at the School Festival, with Huo Lin cooking and Sugisaki and Eriol gathering fish. After the others left, Huo Lin and Eriol discussed Eternal Curse Night, and Eriol explained that defeating it permanently would require replacing and destroying the Book of the Night Sky’s core.

• Sugisaki, Huo Lin, Amano Touko, and Eriol discussed School Festival ideas before Huo Lin chose a sushi restaurant for the Literature Club.
• Huo Lin assigned Sugisaki to buy fresh fish before dawn, and Eriol volunteered to accompany him to the Seafood Market.
• Huo Lin told Sugisaki to leave while she and Eriol stayed behind to study the Book of the Night Sky.
• Eriol said Eternal Curse Night would repair itself within three minutes if broken.
• Eriol explained that permanently ending the curse would require separating the Book of the Night Sky’s core, creating a replacement, and destroying the original.

Huo Lin and Eriol discussed how to destroy and replace the Book of the Night Sky’s core, leaving Huo Lin to consult Hayate about becoming its new master. Later, Huo Lin brought dinner to Hayate’s School Festival preparations and learned the Cooking Club planned to hold a Book Club instead of a restaurant.

• Eriol explained that destroying Eternal Curse Night’s core would require a planet-destroying cannon, and that a new core had to be entered manually within three minutes.
• Eriol told Huo Lin she could become the Book of the Night Sky’s new master by entering the replacement core, and Huo Lin agreed to discuss it with Hayate.
• Huo Lin returned home, found Hayate still at school preparing for the School Festival, and packed dinner to bring her.
• Huo Lin shared food with Hayate and the Cooking Club members, then learned they had chosen to hold a Book Club because most of them could not cook.
• The Cooking Club president asked what Huo Lin’s Literature Club planned, and Huo Lin said they were opening a restaurant.

Huo Lin agreed to attend Hayate’s Book Club event at the School Festival as Yusaku Kudo, while explaining that she would take possession of the Book of the Night Sky after severing its bond with Hayate. The twins prepared signed posters for the event, and Hayate offered the Cooking Club’s help with Huo Lin’s Literature Club restaurant.

• Hayate asked Huo Lin to attend the Cooking Club’s Book Club meeting as Yusaku Kudo, and Huo Lin agreed to come during the one-hour lunch break at the School Festival.
• Huo Lin told Hayate she could eliminate the Book of the Night Sky’s danger but would need to sever its bond with Hayate and make it her own Device; Hayate readily agreed.
• After Hayate finished bathing, Huo Lin showed her posters of Yusaku Kudo and Keigo Higashino that she had received from the publishers and authors.
• Huo Lin signed Yusaku Kudo posters for Hayate and the Cooking Club, adding personal messages to each.
• Hayate offered to have the Cooking Club help with the Literature Club’s restaurant, and Huo Lin accepted if they had the energy.

Huo Lin tested the custom Flight Magic Device she had made for Hayate inside a five-kilometer Barrier that kept ordinary people out and prevented damage from affecting the outside world. Hayate flew to school and learned that she had enough magical power to sustain flight, possibly at least C-Rank.

• Huo Lin gave Hayate a wristband Device that generated wings and invited her to test it.
• Huo Lin raised a Barrier around the neighborhood, and Hayate discovered she could fly with ease.
• Huo Lin explained the Barrier’s five-kilometer range and said they would appear wherever they were when it was removed.
• Hayate flew with Huo Lin to their school and learned the Device relied on the wearer’s magical power.
• Huo Lin concluded that Hayate had substantial magical power, at least enough to qualify as a C-Rank Mage.

Huo Lin and Hayate encountered Li Syaoran after he entered their Barrier, mistaking it for a Clow Card’s magic. Syaoran claimed the Clow Cards belonged to his family as relics of their ancestor, Clow Reed, leaving Huo Lin questioning his story.

• Huo Lin sensed an unfamiliar magic user entering the Barrier and told Hayate to stand back.
• Li Syaoran arrived on the rooftop with a Compass, expecting to find a Clow Card, and demanded to know who Huo Lin and Hayate were.
• Huo Lin immobilized Syaoran and asked why he had entered the Barrier; he explained that it covered his home and that he had come from Hong Kong to capture the Clow Cards.
• Syaoran said the Clow Cards were magical relics left by his ancestor, Clow Reed, and Huo Lin was surprised that he knew Clow Reed’s name.